After a sensational victory over two-time world champions NAVI Junior will face PSG.Quest in the semi-finals of the lower grid of The International 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier. The winner will play against Tundra Esports for the second invitation to The International 2024, while the loser will miss the Dota 2 World Championship. The format of the match is bo3. Will the Ukrainian team be able to pull off a miracle once again? Let's find out.
In this betting thread you will find out how the participants of this match have performed since the beginning of this year, how they played their previous professional tournament, as well as how this match will end.
NAVI Junior uniforms
In early 2024, NAVI Junior tried their hand at open qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 22 and ESL One Birmingham 2024, but had little success. The first prize money was earned by the youth squad of the Ukrainian club in the European Pro League Season 16. The 5th-6th places brought $500 to the players. DreamLeague Season 23: Western Europe Closed Qualifier ended for NAVI Junior on the 7th-8th place, and within the qualifying cycle for PGL Wallachia Season 1 the team could not overcome the open qualification. At the Dota2 World Invitationals, NAVI Junior finished in 5th-6th place in the standings and earned $3,500. The 7th-8th place at RES Regional Series: EU #1 left the team without prize money. A landmark tournament for Riddys and his teammates was European Pro League Season 17, the championship of which was the first in the history of NAVI Junior. As a reward the Ukrainian team received the main prize of $10,000. A bronze medal at the European Pro League Season 18 added $3,000 to the club's coffers. But then NAVI Junior took 9-10th place at RES Regional Series: EU #2 and were left without earnings.
NAVI Junior's previous professional event was the Riyadh Masters 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier. Riddys and his teammates started their qualification for the major LAN championship, which is scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia, by losing to Dandelions in a full bo3 series. Thus the teammate lost the right to make a mistake. NAVI Junior outplayed Dragon Esports Club in the first round of the lower set with a 2-0 result. But in the quarterfinals the team met MOUZ, which Ledgeil with the score 1:2. So NAVI Junior finished their participation in the qualification.
NAVI Junior were unlucky with the draw of The International 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier, and their first opponent was Tundra Esports. A defeat on two maps in a row sent Riddys and his teammates to the bottom of the grid. There NAVI Junior defeated Twisted Minds in a full bo3 series and then Dandelions with a 2:1 result, which put the players into the quarter-finals of the qualifiers. The Ukrainian club sensationally outplayed OG on two maps in a row and headed to the next round of the gridiron.
Statistics of the last results of NAVI Junior:
- Victory over OG with a score of 2:0
- Victory over Dandelions 2:1
- A 2-1 win over Twisted Minds.
- 0:2 loss to Tundra Esports
- 1:2 defeat by MOUZ
PSG.Quest uniforms
January of this year was extremely frustrating for PSG.Quest players. The team took part in regional qualifiers at BetBoom Dacha Dubai 2024, DreamLeague Season 22 and ESL One Birmingham 2024. And in all three qualifiers PSG.Quest lost in the deciding matches to their main MENA-region nemesis, Team Falcons. The 5th-8th places at Games of the Future 2024 earned players $35,000 in prize money. A top-8 finish at the 1win Series Dota 2 Spring left PSG.Quest without the coveted earnings. A win at the DreamLeague Season 23: MENA Closed Qualifier ensured the team's participation in a major championship. In the PGL Wallachia Season 1: Western Europe Closed Qualifier PSG.Quest finished only on the 5th-6th line of the standings. The same result in Elite League Season 1 added $40,000 to the club's coffers. The 11th-12th place in DreamLeague Season 23 allowed PSG.Quest to win $25,000 in prize money.
PSG.Quest previously participated in the Riyadh Masters 2024: MENA Closed Qualifier. PSG.Quest defeated Elevate Gaming on two straight maps in the semifinals of the top bracket. The winner final against Night Pulse ended with a 2:0 victory for PSG.Quest. In the decisive match the team faced Nigma Galaxy, who were defeated 3:1 by TA2000 and his teammates. PSG.Quest secured their trip to Saudi Arabia for the LAN Championship with impressive prize money.
The start of The International 2024: Western Europe Closed Qualifier was not the most successful for PSG.Quest. The defeat by Entity in the full bo3 series deprived the team of the right to make mistakes and sent them to the bottom of the grid. There PSG.Quest defeated Team Bald on two maps, and then Nigma Galaxy with the result 2:1. In the quarter-finals TA2000 and team outplayed Team Secret with the score 2:0.
Statistics of PSG.Quest's latest results:
- Victory over Team Secret with a score of 2:0
- Victory over Nigma Galaxy 2:1
- 2:0 win over Team Bald
- 1:2 defeat to Entity
- 2:0 win over MOUZ
Match History of NAVI Junior - PSG.Quest
Participants of this confrontation have not played against each other on the professional stage before.
Predicted result of the match NAVI Junior - PSG.Quest
Despite the amazing success of the Ukrainian team's youth squad, miracles hardly happen twice. Let's bet on the victory of PSG.Quest.
